Programa de Pós-Graduação em Serviço Social (PPGSS)

About the Program

UFPE's Graduate Program in Social Work (PPGSS-UFPE) was created in 1979 and integrated into the Master's and Doctorate courses in Social Work. It received a grade of 6 (seven is the  highest grade)  in CAPES latest evaluation. The program's area of concentration is “Social Work, Social Movements and Social Rights", which are linked to 6 (six) research topics. The permanent faculty is made up of 12 permanent professors and 4 collaborators. PPGSS-UFPE's international position comes through research and joint publications, the participation of foreign visiting professors, postdoctoral studies overseas, doctorate scholarships abroad and cooperation projects in Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. It maintains an Interinstitutional Doctorate (DINTER) class in Picos, in the countryside of Piauí, approved by CAPES in 2013 and with 14 students enrolled. 

Centro de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
Department of Social Services

Pós-graduação em Serviço Social / UFPE / CCSA Avenida dos economistas s/n sala C-24 1° andar. Recife - Pernambuco. CEP: 50740-590.

(81) 2126 8374 / Fax (81) 2126 8872
Rosa Maria Cortês de Lima
Coordinator
Ana Cristina de Souza Vieira
Vice-Coordinator
Daniel Bernardo dos Santos
Secretary
Humberto Souto Maior Gondim
Assistant in Administration